Apollo.

=Apollo- god of the sun and many other things= Symbol: Lyre,bow,the laurel,the sun. Parents: Zeus and leto. Siblings: Twin sister artmis (also known as diana, only full sister) many half siblings of zeus.

__Artwork:__
This is a painting of apollo with his lyre and griffen.



__Importance:__
I believe apollo was important to greek society because he is the and son,he was born one. They prayed to god apollo for sun they could need sun for farming and things like that.

__Birth of apolo:__
Apollo was a greek and,later roman god,the son of zeus and then leto. He grew to represent music,poetry,medicine and civilized arts.Apollo is also known as the legend sun god.according to legend, Apollo drove the fiery chariot that was the sun across the sky each day. Apollo was the only one of the twelve olympic gods to have the same name in both greek and roman mythology. His twin sister was the greek godess artena( known as diana in rome.)

__FYI:__
~ Apollo was never married but had many children. ~Apollo had three sons. Asclepius(god of healing), Aristaeus(demi-god), Troilius(born unto hecuba,queen of troy). ~Apollo's half brother Dionysus is the god of wine.

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